Low End Mac Archive

June 21 in Low End Mac History

June 20 - June 22

1999

• Tomorrow's iMac, Dan Knight, The iMac Channel. Looking past the next iMac and into the 21st century.
• Used 7500 or G3?, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. Is a beige G3 or a used 7500 the better deal?

2000

• How to make a bootable restore CD, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel. Step by step instructions for creating and using a bootable CD-ROM with your own personalized System Folder.
• Politically correct Mac OS, Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh. What if Apple went beyond OS X to offer a politically correct OS?
• RumorLog, Dan Knight and Anne Onymus. Features we do expect the next iMac to have.

2001

• Why Windows is important, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. If I could eliminate Windows from the face of the world, I wouldn't.
• The ad-based Web is dying, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. How micropayments can change the face of the Web.

2002

• 'Real People' overlooks key audience, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Apple needs to target the kids who help Mom and Dad decide which computer to buy.
• G4 Pismo upgrades, FireWire notebook drive dock, new notebook cases, and more, Charles Moore. Two G4/500 upgrades for Pismo, new USB 2.0 and FireWire drives, laptop cases, leather iPod case, and bargain 'Books from $485.

2004

• With Gmail at 1 gig and Yahoo at 100 MB, it's time to increase .mac email space, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. With free services offering so much space for email, Apple really ought to bump the limit beyond 15 MB for their for pay service.
• VueScan 8 makes quality scanning easy, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. VueScan supports dust removal, grain reduction, color restoration, and sharpening with most scanners, as well as batch scanning, autofocus, infrared channels, and multiscan on scanners that support these features.

2007

• First impressions of a MacBook Pro, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Six years after moving to a titanium PowerBook G4, spending time with a Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro is a real treat. There's only one drawback.
• Why Macs die, iPhone greed, FireWire flash drives, 802.11n enabler pricing, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag1. Why computers die, Apple and AT&T greed, Apple's $2 n-enabler, an iBook that won't boot beyond OS X 10.2.1, and odd question marks on the home page.

June 20 - June 22

Go to LEM Archive Index

About LEM | Support | Usage | Privacy | Contacts

Entire Low End Mac website copyright ©1997-2010 by Cobweb Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Advice presented in good faith, but what works for one may not work for all. Please report errors to .
  LINKS: We allow and encourage links to any public page as long as the linked page does not appear within a frame that prevents bookmarking it.
  Access our RSS news feed at http://lowendmac.com/feed.xml.
  Email may be published at our discretion; email addresses will not be published without permission, and we will encrypt them in hopes of avoiding spammers. If you prefer your message not be published, mark it "not for publication." Letters may be edited for length, context, and to match house style.
  PRIVACY: We don't collect personal information unless you explicitly provide it. For more details, see our Terms of Use.
  Low End Mac is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, iBook, iMac, eMac, iPod, iPhone, PowerBook, MacBook, MagSafe, Mac Pro, Apple TV, and AirPort are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are hereby acknowledged.

Custom Search

Navigation

Used Mac Dealers
Apple History
Video Cards
Email Lists

Favorite Sites

MacSurfer
MacMinute
MacInTouch
MyAppleMenu
InfoMac
Macs Only!
The Mac Observer
Accelerate Your Mac
RetroMacCast
PB Central
MacWindows
The Vintage Mac
   Museum
DealMac
DealsOnTheWeb
Mac2Sell
ramseeker
Mac Driver Museum
JAG's House
System 6 Heaven
System 7 Today
the pickle's Low-End
   Mac FAQ
Abandonware
   Petition
Mac vs. PC Info

Affiliates

The Apple Store
Mac Connection
B&H
MacMall
TechRestore
ExperCom
Crucial Memory
batteries.com

Advertise

All of our advertising is handled by BackBeat Media. For price quotes and advertising information, please contact at BackBeat Media (646-546-5194). This number is for advertising only.

Problems viewing this page with Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6? It works fine in other browsers, including IE 7. We recommend Firefox for those using Windows, as it is standards based and more secure than IE 6 (and earlier). More LEM visitors use Firefox than any other browser.